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1944 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record3–0–1 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainLee Austin, Dick Bostick
Home stadium Dudley Field
Seasons
←  1943
1945 →
1944 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 Georgia Tech $ 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
No. 12 Tennessee 5 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Georgia 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Alabama 3 – 1 – 2 5 – 2 – 2
Mississippi State 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
LSU 2 – 3 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Ole Miss 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Tulane 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Kentucky 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Florida 0 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Auburn 0 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Vanderbilt 0 – 0 – 0 3 – 0 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 Vanderbilt Commodores football team was an American football team that represented Vanderbilt University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1944 college football season. In their first year under head coach Doby Bartling, the Commodores complied an overall record of 3–0–1, with a conference record of 0–0, and finished 12th in the SEC. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7at Sewanee V-12*
T 0–0 [2]
October 28 Tennessee Tech*
W 19–75,000 [3]
November 4at Tennessee Tech* Cookeville, TNW 20–9 [4]
November 11Sewanee V-12*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 28–75,000 [5]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "Past Football Scores for Vanderbilt, starting 1940 - Hogville.net". Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  2. ^ "Vandy, Tigers fight to draw". The Chattanooga Times. October 8, 1944. Retrieved October 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Vandy wallops Eagles 19 to 7". The Nashville Tennessean. October 29, 1944. Retrieved October 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Vandy again humbles TPI". The Knoxville Journal. November 5, 1944. Retrieved October 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Vanderbilt finishes season with victory over Sewanee Tigers". The Jackson Sun. November 12, 1944. Retrieved October 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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